My Walk With God This Morning

As i entered His cathedral of tall pines draped with a fresh powdery snow that was as pure as God himself, i gazed to the ceiling above me. It was as blue as the deepest ocean. I noticed one small white cloud which was God's eye looking down from above at me. As i journeyed along the trail i could feel God's presense. With the snow draped all around me, i stopped and listened to a choir of God's heavenly creatures singing out their praises to Him. It was a beautiful and soothing song. It was mixed with the soft drum beat of snow falling to the ground as it melted from the limbs above. As we journeyed across creeks, ascending and decending moutain tops we fellowshiped with one another. As i crested a mountain top, I gazed across to the mountains in the distance covered in snow. I heard the wind as it came through the valley below me. It performed a choreographed dance with the trees in the hollow. It was beautiful to watch them sway as the wind touched them. The air was cool, but i had sweat on my brow at this time. I felt a gentle breeze across my face. It was the hand of My Father wiping my brow. We continued onward and He revealed to me how love and forgiveness are our greatest gifts in relationships. Any kind of relationship. We must love all men unconditionally as Our Father does us. We are all sinners yet He forgives us of our sins when we become His children. We cannot truly love if we have fear. Fear is not of God. God is LOVE! If we hate our fellow man, how can we say we love God and have love. We need to forgive those who have hurt us and love them. It doesn't matter if it's a cheating spouse, a mean person, a liar, or a murderer. If we can't forgive them and move on then the bitterness and anger we carry will only hurt our relationships with others. It may cause us to fear something, we need not fear at all. It may also cause us to react to a situation in a negative way because we haven't resolved the bittnerness and anger from another relationship. If we love all men (even those who have hurt us) then our relationships will be that much stronger. Fear, anger, and bitterness will only destroy and hurt the one whom carries it. Like a disease it will destroy from within. True love has no fear. Good relationships are give and take. Sometimes this may require us to set aside our pride, and do what the other person is asking of us. If we truly love that individual, we will do it. If we let our pride get in the way, we just might destroy a wonderful relationship. Relationships are like a garden. They need tending to or else the weeds will come in and choke it. Good communication is key too. We shouldn't keep hurt feelings inside if someone has wronged us in some way. It is best to share those feelings. If the person we are talking to cares, then they will listen and want to help heal those hurt feelings. We cannot fear talking with those we have relationships with. If we do have fear then those relationships won't grow and become stronger. Silence is not golden when it comes to good communication. The Lord then told me to read 1 Corinthians 13. This is an awesome chapter. Some key points he showed me were: Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, THINKETH NO EVIL; ... bears all things, BELIEVES all things, HOPES all things, ENDURES all things ... And now abideth FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, these three; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. We all must forgive and show love. We are not to do this with just the people whom we love, but to every person. If we don't -- we suffer and those we have relationships with will suffer.